education in the news this week

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International Education Week events at the University of Iowa will help bridge cultures

Russ Ganim

Russ Ganim

For decades, the US Department of State has designated the third week in November to recognize the value of a global curriculum at the K-16 level.

International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, serves as a bridge between cultures, if not worlds. It offers all learners the chance to pursue their curiosity about the planet’s languages ​​and civilizations, while providing information about globally focused experiential learning opportunities at home and abroad.

Due to COVID-19, last year’s International Education Week activities at Iowa and elsewhere took place almost exclusively online. This fall, as we emerge from the pandemic, virtual will still

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Clean Water Education Week takes center stage in Harrisburg | Pennsylvania News

HARRISBURG, Pa. -Clean water. It’s vital for living things, but according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection more than 30 percent of stream miles in the state are degraded by pollution.

“It’s one of those things that we need to make sure we prioritize it now, so we continue to have clean water,” said Michael Mehrazar, the campaign manager with PennFuture, which helped organize a news conference Wednesday in the Rotunda of the State Capitol . The news conference included legislators, environmental department heads and organizations, all calling for more funding.

“One of our main asks is to make

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Drainville wants school service centers to be more accountable

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It’s time to change the “culture” of school service centers to make them more accountable, says Bernard Drainville, who plans to introduce a new bill on school governance.

The Minister of Education faced a barrage of questions from opposition MNAs on Tuesday as they studied his department’s budget.

He was challenged by his Liberal counterpart, Marwah Rizqy, on the issue of fees charged to parents, and urged the directors general of school service centers to “speak up.”

Rizqy gave the example of a parent who was outraged at having to pay more than $1,000 a year for

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British Columbia rolls out massive training program to address job shortages

The BC government is investing $480 million to train and re-train workers specifically targeting industries with current shortages.

The plan includes a future skills grant of up to $3,500 to help cover the costs of in-demand jobs.

The grants will be available starting in September and include training for construction, tech, housing and clean energy.

The province estimates the grant program will lead to 8,500 newly trained people over the next three years.

“Our economy is growing and innovating quickly,” Premier David Eby said Tuesday.

“Work is transforming, and we have more job openings than skilled people.”

Eby said in

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Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls | Education News

Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance at secondary schools.

Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up to grade six “will currently be open for girls”, effectively retaining a ban on high school for female students.

Madrassas, or Islamic schools, are the only education centers open for girls of all ages. Yalda, a ninth grader in Kabul, told Al Jazeera that the madrassa was good for enhancing her knowledge of religion.

But “the madrassa cannot help

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Ohio’s top education official leaves her job as Republicans push plan to remake ODE

Stephanie Siddens is interim state superintendent of the Ohio Department of Education

Stephanie Siddens is interim state superintendent of the Ohio Department of Education

As state lawmakers whether debate to fundamentally change the role of Ohio’s top education official, the woman in that position has decided to leave.

Stephanie Siddens, who has served as interim state superintendent for nearly two years, is expected to be approved as deputy superintendent for the Upper Arlington School District at its school board meeting Tuesday evening.

“Dr. Siddens and Dr. [Kristin] Robbins really stood out in our search to fill these vital roles in our administrative team,” Upper Arlington Superintendent Robert Hunt said in a statement.

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Advocates want Matiullah Wesa’s freedom from the Taliban

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Calls mounted Wednesday for the Taliban to free a girls’ education activist were arrested earlier this week in Kabul, as a government minister defended the detention.

Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library — was arrested in the Afghan capital on Monday.

Since their takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed restrictions on women’s and minority rights. Girls are barred from school beyond the sixth grade and last year, the Taliban banned women from going to universities.

Wesa has been outspoken in

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The teacher accused of using racial slurs towards students is now suspended, the TN district says

A white science teacher has been put on administrative leave after being accused of using racial slurs during a class discussion, the district confirmed.

The high school chemistry teacher at South-Doyle High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, was seen on video using a racial slur during a classroom discussion about the appropriate use of the word.

In the video, shared on social media on March 27, the teacher can be seen in a heated discussion with a student. The student yells at the teacher and says that as a white person, he shouldn’t use the racial slur.

The teacher responds by

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